Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning, You need a real computer, not a highly mobile device. I doubt if Apple will ever make something like this in a "netbook" form factor. There aren't enough space on the edge of the case for all these plugs. For something designed to be thin and light, even if Apple makes MacBook Air II, it's not going to too thin and it is not going to look nice with all these ugly jacks along all the edges. :) Tapered edges looks better but reduces available vertical height for jacks. Regards, Spencer On Jan 28, 2010, at 10:58, Henning Wulff wrote: > > I would like a couple of USB ports, but my preference would be a couple of > USB plus a firewire port. Ethernet would be really nice too, since I use > gigabit ethernet at a couple of places. A built in SD card slot would be > nice too. > > My data throughput has been rather higher, and my basic phone needs > modest, so I have a very simple phone that does nothing else. All in all, > the rates in Canada for phone and data are very high compared with almost > anywhere in the world. You can tell in part by the relatively low and > careful useage of phones with extended features compared with other > countries. > > An iphone might be nice, but I haven't been able to convince myself yet > that I'd make sufficient use of it. > > > I was really looking for a nice small netbook from Apple, and this > obviously isn't it. Maybe I'll get my head around its useability in a > while, but most of what is offered is not something I've felt a lack of.